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Now my Umineko install refuses to play any sound or music, I am cursed to never finish Ep4. E: it's consistent across two machines, what the gently caress Rockman Reserve fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Jan 2, 2019 |
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Jan 2, 2019 19:37
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You're gonna have to recap me on your madcap setup because your issues seem to be both insane and very specific to you.
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Jan 2, 2019 19:56
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This is literally just trying to play it on a PC through Steam at this point, no sound when I try either of my two machines, even after reinstalling on one of them. It has to be some kinda funky setting for something in Steam but I can't find any settings that would deal with it at all.
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Jan 2, 2019 20:13
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Did you somehow turn down its volume in the windows audio mixer? ....on both computers?
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Jan 2, 2019 20:26
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Terper posted:I will! I recc'd LDM but with some reservations on how there is unnecessary MC suffering and weird ideas of proprietary for women in cities. Great localization and VA though.
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Jan 2, 2019 21:23
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Did you somehow turn down its volume in the windows audio mixer? ....on both computers? Nope. I can crank it to max in the Windows sound mixer and it doesn't even register that there should be sound playing in the visualizer. It's nuts.
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Jan 2, 2019 22:44
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This is a real left field move but can you confirm that the audio files are even downloaded/installed? Could the PS3 patches (if you're using them) be interfering somehow?
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Jan 2, 2019 22:53
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Anyone have your saves corrupt during a game? I'm like 2 hours into Muramasa and suddenly when at the save screen my save is gone. And trying to save tosses an error. Could be because I'm using SD2Vita?
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Jan 3, 2019 02:58
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food court bailiff posted:This is literally just trying to play it on a PC through Steam at this point, no sound when I try either of my two machines, even after reinstalling on one of them. It has to be some kinda funky setting for something in Steam but I can't find any settings that would deal with it at all. It's not this is it? https://steamcommunity.com/app/639490/discussions/0/3020122487772736533/
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Jan 3, 2019 03:59
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astr0man posted:It's not this is it? https://steamcommunity.com/app/639490/discussions/0/3020122487772736533/ Man, I hope so. It would be weird if that were the case since 1) the problem first manifested when I was trying to stream it to my TV, and before I even had my Steam controller turned on - it's possible something is mapped to the "m" key on the TV remote and my cat stepped on it or something but I didn't see anything like that and 2) I didn't save my game or anything after the problem started, it seems like it would be super weird for the game to store optional config stuff like that in a secret ~hidden save~ or whatever that Steam is picking up from the cloud....although I'm pretty sure the Umineko releases are pretty gnarly under the hood so who knows. I'll give it a shot later, thanks for the heads-up either way. It's just always such a pain to search for support for stuff like this without accidentally tripping into a page of spoilers.
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Jan 3, 2019 22:16
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More Umineko Episode 6 thoughts: I finally got the point where Battler got locked by his own logic in the locked room. That whole scene, from the start of the debate on, was really good! I'm glad to have almost caught up to the intro to this episode. I think that for me, it was a bad move to start this episode with that flash forward in that it set me up to wait until this moment, and in doing so made of some of this episode drag somewhat because I was "waiting" to catch up and see the "new" stuff beyond that intro. Erika is now more of a love to hate character for me than she was when she was first introduced, where I just didn’t like her at all.
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Jan 4, 2019 03:38
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food court bailiff posted:I didn't save my game or anything after the problem started, it seems like it would be super weird for the game to store optional config stuff like that in a secret ~hidden save~ or whatever that Steam is picking up from the cloud....although I'm pretty sure the Umineko releases are pretty gnarly under the hood so who knows. Yeah, it's just one of the weird quirks with the umineko steam releases. Because of how the game's save files work, system settings are stored alongside with your actual game saves, so all of the obscure system settings end up in the steam cloud, even the things that don't really belong there.
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Jan 4, 2019 03:45
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 Well, thank you, it was definitely muted. Weirdly enough the first time I loaded into the game the 'm' key did nothing, I really just exited out and tried once more out of desperation read: insanity and suddenly my sound was back. I'm just being cursed by the Golden Witch for taking too drat long with the question arcs.
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Jan 5, 2019 02:43
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Been a while, but leaving a trip report from my impressions from jumping into VNs for the first time ever last year. I made the bad choice of starting with Higurashi, because my uneducated self thought "oh hey, there are 5 chapters on steam that must be the complete set!" Looking forward to 2020+ when I can finally finish that one! Then I jumped into The House in Fata Morgana back in July. Long story short, this was my top game experience of 2018. I suspect that might have ruined everything else in comparison. But that's not entirely the case, because I started slowly chipping away at Umineko and ended up binging chapters 4-6 over the past month. It rules. I have to say: Umineko Chapter 4-6 Impressions (It's kind of a blur) -When Maria's incantation to become best friends with your mom was recited from the grimoire, I loving lost it. -goddamn, Erika Furudo -GODDAMN, Erika Furudo I've been curious to check out the below next after I finish Umineko. It's cool going in blind so I really only know titles and might have seen a screenshot. I don't know what I'm getting into or if I'm missing anything obvious: -Kindred Spirits on the Roof -Steins;Gate -Danganronpa -Clannad
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Jan 7, 2019 09:01
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Colorspray- I'm not going to quote you to avoid Umineko spoilers here but of your next recs Steins;Gate is really good and 2/3 DanganRonpa games are mediocre-to-bad. Personally I think the third one makes up for it with how solid it is (and imho has the most memorable/fun cast) but without the first two as background knowledge the third one might not land. They're honestly not super bad games or anything, but they're not great VNs. The plots are paper-thin excuses to get to murder mysteries, and the ending of the first one was tremendously underwhelming to the point it's kind of astounding it got a sequel/franchise at all.
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Jan 7, 2019 19:05
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Also everyone has different opinions on which of the three is the good one.
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Jan 7, 2019 19:57
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You should also give the Zero Escape series a try.
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Jan 7, 2019 20:03
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s;g bad. I watched the anime and I realized it was tolerable since they reduced Okabe to by -90% otherwise his constant commentary was obnoxious. I have no idea why writers thought it would be funny to hit the reader with the same joke over and over. DR1/2 were fun mystery games with minigames with less than serious plot. They reminded me of AA and I liked both MC. Although there are some terrible humor moments where they completely lost me. Alder fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Jan 7, 2019 |
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Jan 7, 2019 21:05
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NRVNQSR posted:Also everyone has different opinions on which of the three is the good one. Both 2 and 3 are good. 
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Jan 7, 2019 21:12
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Clannad, the anime is honestly probably better than the VN.
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Jan 7, 2019 21:22
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the only thing clannad the anime is missing is tomoyo after 
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Jan 7, 2019 21:31
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Good.
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Jan 7, 2019 21:37
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I'm biased to liking Steins;Gate (duh), but I watched the anime personally first. The most obvious distinction the VN has is its very unique art style with weird satellite rings in character eyes and everything having this weird texture I can only describe as dust shining in the sunlight or something. I also hated Okabe's antics with zeal but I guess I've grown to like the character. Is... White Album /2 actually good? Asking because vndb rates it highly. What's the prerequisite knowledge behind them? I haven't played a single, uhh, "straight" romantic VN in my life which it looks like to be. There doesn't seem to be a reasonable way of obtaining the game legally, sadly. edit: poo poo I can't figure if the VN has a clean all-age version and how much sexual content it has (Fate had one scene) so I guess disregard this? Talking of highly rated VNs "obvious" recommendations would be Fate/Stay and Muv-Luv, with some uhh, caveats, especially with regards to Muv-Luv and I'm not going to be apologetic about the game. Fate/Stay isn't exactly high literature although Nasu sure likes his pretentious overly wordy prose, but none of the anime adaptations have quite captured the feel of the series in my honest opinion, there are legitimate reasons it's rated highly and why it's such a staple. fake edit: It actually seems crazy to me there's no official translation or digital release of F/SN now that I check it. 
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Jan 8, 2019 00:12
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Probably not all that obvious, but 428.
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Jan 8, 2019 00:14
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Okabe is really annoying at first but as I got farther into Steins I was okay with it also I like Danganronpa & Zero Escape in general. I'm also not sure why anyone would not have played Phoenix Wright but it's visual novel adjacent enough so I'll remind you to play those too just in case
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Jan 8, 2019 00:29
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Everyone here is awesome! Whatever I pick next, I'll post more detailed impressions (or not) of whatever it is. If that sort of thing is fun to read (or not). Taking a Umineko break due to AGDQ this week, but it's cool to be going through that the same time as a few of you here. Late news, but last night I found out that limited run games is printing an english Vita cart for The House in Fata Morgana sometime this year, which I want to pick up specifically to share with a friend who is interested but has no means to experience it for themselves.
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Jan 8, 2019 01:37
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If you want to read a Key slice of life/drama VN read Little Busters over Clannad imo
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Jan 8, 2019 01:46
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Alder posted:s;g bad. I watched the anime and I realized it was tolerable since they reduced Okabe to by -90% otherwise his constant commentary was obnoxious. I have no idea why writers thought it would be funny to hit the reader with the same joke over and over.  Um, to Colorspray: I definitely disagree with this take. Steins;Gate a very popular VN/Anime and with good reasons. It ain't perfect, but don't take this opinion for a reason to hard pass. As for adding to the list, I believe most of these titles were already listed, but my choices for a "must play" (in no particular order):
Adding to that a "conditional" list:
dmboogie posted:Both 2 and 3 are good. This person hopes MegaZeroX fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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Jan 8, 2019 02:53
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As somebody playing through Muv-Luv at the moment, I will warn that Extra (the first) is slow going. It's taking me a while to finish. And then I have to do another route to get to Alternative.
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Jan 8, 2019 03:09
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Ryuga Death posted:You should also give the Zero Escape series a try. Personally, I'd just advise playing 999 and VLR. ZTD has some strong moments, but I don't think the game as a whole stands up. Plus there's a separately release called "The Nonary Games" which just has 999 and VLR.
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Jan 8, 2019 22:05
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Really I think 999 stood alone as a good story - a mostly complete story once you had all the endings - and made really innovative in-game use of the mechanic where you are playing through the same scenes multiple times. Everything after that has been really headscratching in terms of what the hell is going on.
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Jan 8, 2019 22:10
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VLR is absolutely incredible. ZTD has some moments that are really great, like the Radical-6 ending, and parts that are just absolutely, profoundly stupid, like Phi's origin, and the true reveal. Still, it's worth playing, and the team-switching narrative is implemented well. Plus, ZTD goes back to the grittier, bloodier traps from 999 without going super overboard (obviously, this is just my opinion and your mileage may vary) which was kind of fun after the goofy poison injectors from VLR. Of course, the difference in trap types is really thematic, too, although I'm not sure that was intentional.
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Jan 8, 2019 23:11
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I think VLR was the high point of the series for me but I had fun enough with ZTD even if it didn’t do everything I wanted.
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Jan 8, 2019 23:21
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ZTD is worth playing. It is a disappointing finale, but on the other hand we didn't think this game was going to get made at all so I can't complain too much
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ZTD might be my favorite in the series, I thought it was a great conclusion.
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Jan 9, 2019 00:15
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:ZTD might be my favorite in the series, I thought it was a great conclusion. I really, really hated it when I finally finished it, but through a couple of years of hindsight the anagram in the title and pun with the 'decision' instead of 'nonary' game have grown on me immensely. Also, I really can't overstate how much I liked the thing I called out in my earlier post, most of my issues with the game come from everything beyond that. Part of my problem with the game probably stems from the fact that I hit the teleporter room really, really early in my playthrough, I think. It felt super out-of-place being introduced the way it was in the puzzle room, and then it suddenly becomes the focal point of the plot leading to the True Ending, despite literally nothing else in the entire series to that point relying on ....weird interdimensional alien tech poo poo. Like, there were psychics, yeah, and that was the set up for the entire first game. Casting consciousnesses was the goal for the entire second game. The teleporter tech is just like....there, and it's McGuffinized enough that I don't think it's mentioned by anyone outside of the puzzle room itself and the ending where it comes into play. Maybe I'm wrong, it's been a while....but it really seemed like a total non-entity during the plot. Also, ZTD's true ending along with 'Another Time' in VLR seem to imply that the Clover and Alice in VLR are transporter clones, and that they're going to be SHIFTed back to their unconscious bodies 45 years earlier. . . . . . . . .which, uh, according to the whole theme of ZTD's true ending, kind of means that the original Alice and Clover are going to wake up on the moon surrounded by strangers in a future where their families and friends are dead and the entire planet is destroyed. So there's that.
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Jan 9, 2019 02:13
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food court bailiff posted:I really, really hated it when I finally finished it, but through a couple of years of hindsight the anagram in the title and pun with the 'decision' instead of 'nonary' game have grown on me immensely. I always wonder if there was a more ambitious game and story they had planned but couldn't because of budget issues, which is why it has the issues it has.
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Jan 9, 2019 02:23
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My favorite thing was how well the big twist was forshadowed. Back when I first read it, I created a huge list of things hinting at it which made me appreciate the twist way more. The worst things for me honestly were the voice acting, which felt stilted, the escape rooms themselves, which I didn't really care for, and the fact that there weren't many new music tracks. Furthermore, the new music that we got weren't that special (IMO). MegaZeroX fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Jan 9, 2019 |
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Jan 9, 2019 05:32
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https://twitter.com/diary_magical/status/1082638229642399744 2019 is the year of Wolf Hall. Believe it.
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kirbysuperstar posted:https://twitter.com/diary_magical/status/1082638229642399744 
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